It seems to me that the publisher forced them to throw the product out to the market when it was released, knowing that it was about half finished. It had just been in development since the paleolithic era and they wouldn't wait any longer to see some type of return on investment. The irony is, this move insured that the product would be a money loser.
I wouldn't be surprised if this sim doesn't see another patch, and that due to the impossibility of overcoming all of the initial negative press and resulting weak sales, the developers have been instructed by the publisher to move on the the next project (Battle of Moscow?).
Once Oleg left the fold, everything changed. And not for the better.
